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A Prisoner Who Briefly Died Argues That He’s Served His Life Sentence
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It's a stupid argument by itself, but the fact that the hospital ignored his DNR and revived him so he could go back to prison seems cruel and unusual.
Isn't clinical death heartbeat and respiration?
Edit: Yup, they only consider you 'dead' when it's both.
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The Des Moines Register mentions that his heart required restarting several times, but doesn't get further into that detail.
Your heart is a pump. When that pump stops your blood stops circulating. When your blood stops circulating your organs stop receiving oxygen. When your organs stop receiving oxygen cellular death occurs. When cellular death occurs your body starts to shut down. This can be stopped but not entirely reversed. The Cardiopulminary system is essential for maintaining life. We call death after an extended period of failed attempts at resuscitation.
Apparently you don't shock pulseless electrical activity, true.
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Oof. Yeah, that detail kinda makes me think he's got more of a point than just being a wise guy.
This. It's 2019, and cardiac death is not necessarily death. Brain death, on the other hand, there's no coming back from.
You don't have rights like that when your in prison, you are literally property of the state.
Did he say something witty when he murdered a person? Was he Arnie in an '80s action flick?
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Doctors seem to like ignoring DNRs. My dad signed one because he was in too much pain and wanted it to end. Went into cardiac arrest and his heart stopped beating. Doctors began defib anyways, trying to claim the DNR wasn't valid because the pain he was in clouded his judgment.
You don't want to talk about stuff like that on Era. Believe me.
He has no case. Legally he's considered property of the state. It's at the States discretion to honor a DNR or not.
Is there a rule about surviving your death sentence/execution and getting set free or did I just see that in a movie? And if so what movie?
Wait, wasn't this shit an old Star Trek episode? Except the dude nearly died (after being lobotomized or some shit) and woke up with amnesia, so he argued he was a new person and therefore innocent and should be let go?
I don't think "If you resuscitate, you must repatriate" has quite the same ring to it.
Now I want to see an heir who demands all of his father's wealth immediately as his inheritance because he briefly died but was resuscitated.
"That motherfucker died, bring out the will"
"That motherfucker died, bring out the will"
Is there precedent for that? Like say, forcing a cancer patient to prolong treatment or something?
USA. We didn't pursue it since life saving attempts failed and he got his wish anyways. Government gave us some money for his death since the medical problems that led to his death were caused by an experiment they were doing during the war he was enlisted in. Got exposed accidentally to the shit.
They couldn't force the treatment but they can provide the treatment should both the state and the patient wish it. The state always has the mandate to preserve life until such a time as the people(through the state) deem a life forfeit. That's why you hear stories about death row prisoners receiving life saving treatments only to be executed later.
